Patents by Inventor Daniel Heckenkamp

Daniel Heckenkamp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Contactor with contact carrier location sensing
    Patent number: 11948757
    Abstract: A contactor includes: at least one moveable contact mounted on a contact carrier; at least one stationary contact mounted on a housing; an electromagnet arranged to cause the contact carrier to move relative to the housing between a first position and a second position, and thus to cause the at least one moveable contact to travel from a contacts open position to a contacts closed position with respect to the at least one stationary contact; a sensor coupled to one of the contact carrier and the housing and arranged to detect an intermediate position, in between the first position and the second position, at which the housing and the contact carrier are located at a given moment in time as the contact carrier moves relative to the housing between the first position and the second position; and a controller connected to receive the signals from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jariwala Rushabh, Daniel Heckenkamp
  • CONTACTOR WITH CONTACT CARRIER LOCATION SENSING
    Publication number: 20200365338
    Abstract: A contactor includes: at least one moveable contact mounted on a contact carrier; at least one stationary contact mounted on a housing; an electromagnet arranged to cause the contact carrier to move relative to the housing between a first position and a second position, and thus to cause the at least one moveable contact to travel from a contacts open position to a contacts closed position with respect to the at least one stationary contact; a sensor coupled to one of the contact carrier and the housing and arranged to detect an intermediate position, in between the first position and the second position, at which the housing and the contact carrier are located at a given moment in time as the contact carrier moves relative to the housing between the first position and the second position; and a controller connected to receive the signals from the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jariwalla Rushabh, Daniel Heckenkamp